A 53 year old resident of Lot 6 Section ‘C’ Fyrish Road, Corentyne, Berbice was on Friday night crushed to death on the Fyrish public road. Mark Songster was reportedly laying on the road surface when he was crushed by a motor lorry, registration GYY 5720, driven by a 43-year-old male resident of Black Bush...

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The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) search and rescue team is en route to the heavily forested area in Region Eight, where a Cessna single-engine plane bearing registration 8R-YAC crashed on Friday. The GDF, in a statement, noted that it has mobilised key assets, including a Bell 429 helicopter equipped with a hoist and specialised search...

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The Guyana Cricket Board on Friday evening announced the squads for its annual Under-19 Inter-County 50-over Championship, set to bowl off this weekend with matches across Essequibo and Demerara. The tournament bowls off on Sunday (April 12) with a double-header; Essequibo versus Demerara at the Joe Jagmohan Ground, Hampton Court, Essequibo, and Berbice versus the...

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(Kaieteur News) – The United States Export Import (US EXIM) Bank has signaled its interest in another key infrastructure development to Guyana, the deep-water port, expected to be constructed in Berbice. During a meeting with President Irfaan Ali and other Cabinet members at State House, Chairman of the US EXIM Bank, John Jovanovic said a letter […]

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(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali has called for the rapid removal of bureaucratic barriers to deepen economic cooperation between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, as both countries move to strengthen trade, investment, and regional integration. Delivering the feature address at the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce business meeting at the Hyatt Regency […]

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(Kaieteur News) – An Air Services Limited (ASL) aircraft crashed on Friday in the mountainous and dense Region 8 jungle after taking off from the Mahdia Airstrip. The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in a press statement said that the Cessna single engine aircraft bearing registration number 8R-YAC was enroute to Imbaimadai when it went down. […]

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